Coffin



E. H. SAXTON & T. C. QUAYLE.

Coffin. v No. 242,699. Patented June 7,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD H. SAXTON THOMAS C. QUAYLE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GOFFIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,699, datedApplication filed March 4, 1880. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD H. SAXTON and THOMAS C. QUAYLE, ofCleveland, in the county of (Juyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ooffins and Caskets and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to coffins and caskets; and it consists inattaching to the coffin or casket, either upon its sides or ends,areinovable shelf.

The object of the invention is to furnish a support for flowers, eitherin vases or made into ornaments.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation of a casket constructedaccording to our invention. Fig. 2 is an end view, showing the manner inwhich the end of the casket may be raised to admit of the storage of theshelf, and also of its leg or support.

In the said drawings, Arepresents the body of a coffin or casket, and Ba shelf,'which, in this instance, is permanently attached, either byhinges or in any other suitable method, to the end of the casket. Thisshelf is supported by the leg or legs 0, bearing against the bottom ofthe shelf and against the end of the Our invention may be varied in anumber of ways. The shelf may either be supported by a bracket, whichmay, in turn, be operated by June '7, 1881.

the shelf when the sameis raised from the coffin, or it may be a shelfremovably attached to the coffin by eyes and hooks, and after it hasserved its purpose may be quickly removed from the coffin.

We do not limit ourselves in any degree to the construction of theshelf, or to what portion of the'casket it may be attached.

We have found it convenient to recess the end of the casket, as shown inFig. 1, and fitting a shelf thereto, which, when closed, forms the endof the coffin itself, and is unobserved: When in use it is raised andthe leg or support 0 placed in position, when it is ready for thereception of such articles as taste, and inclination may suggest.

The shelf or support B may be ornamented in any manner desired.

What we claim isl I As an article of manufacture, a coffin, casket, orburial-case having attached to it one or more shelves or bracketsconstructed to be folded or closed against said coffin when not in use,and to be'opened or projected to receive flowers or other ornaments ordecorations, as shown.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD H. SAXTON. ,THOMAS C. QUAYLE.

Witnesses:

H. A. SEYMOUR, Gno. D. SEYMOUR.

